Deborah Seligsohn

Deborah Seligsohn is a consultant based in Beijing, working with the World Resources Institute’s Climate, Energy and Pollution Program as its Principle Advisor for China and Climate. Her focus is on deepening research collaboration and the development of useful policy tools to address climate change issues. She comes to WRI from the U.S. State Department, where she had over 20 years’ experience working on energy and environment issues in China, India, Nepal and New Zealand. Her most recent position was as Environment, Science, Technology and Health Counselor on Beijing. She has a master’s degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, and her BA is from Harvard University in East Asian Studies. She speaks fluent Chinese and some Hindi.

In the News:

• Deborah Seligsohn in “China Releases First National Pollution Census”, New York Times, February 9, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn in “China taps U.S. for solar thermal power plants”, msnbc, January 10, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn in “Green Giant”, New Yorker, December 21, 2009

Additional Information:

• Deborah Seligsohn’s homepage

Publications:

• China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge
• Mitigation Actions in China: Measurement, Reporting and Verification